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WORLD-CLASS ART AYOUNG KIM
MoMA PS1 presents Ayoung Kim, the first major U.S.
exhibition of the Korean artist, recognized for her
innovative use of generative AI, videogame engines,
and live-action footage. On view from November Ayoung Kim. Delivery Dancer’s Sphere. 2022. Single-channel video. 25
6, 2025, through March 16, 2026, this exhibition minutes. Courtesy the artist and Gallery Hyundai
showcases Kim’s Delivery Dancer trilogy in its entirety,
alongside the U.S. debut of a new project. The exhibition also highlights Kim’s ongoing
Kim’s Delivery Dancer series explores speculative engagement with themes of biopolitics, queerness,
narratives set in a futuristic Seoul, following and xenophobia, examining the evolving relationships
protagonists En Storm and Ernst Mo as they navigate between human beings, data, and the environment.
algorithm-driven worlds shaped by digital labor, Kim has exhibited internationally at institutions
historical erasure, and shifting temporalities. From including The Museum of Modern Art, M+ Hong
urban landscapes rendered through AI to multiverse Kong, Palais de Tokyo, and the Venice Biennale. Her
journeys that challenge capitalist structures, these work is held in collections such as Tate, Sharjah Art
works interrogate the intersections of technology, Foundation, and MMCA Korea.
geopolitics, and identity.
Ayoung Kim. Delivery Dancer’s Arc: Inverse (still). 2024. Three-channel video,
color, two-channel sound, lighting installation, random video playback and
lighting synchronization control program, sundial sculptures, graphic sheets
and circular screens (27 min). ACC Future Prize Commission. Courtesy the
artist and ACC
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